Cover of White Dwarf issue 90, June 1987.

White Dwarf is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop. Initially dedicated to all kinds of role-playing games, the magazine is now dedicated exclusively to the miniature wargames produced by Games Workshop, mainly the core systems of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game. Image File history File links Actual cover scan of my personal copy of White Dwarf magazine #90, the tenth anniversary issue, from June 1987. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The style of the Games Workshop logo is copied in the titles of many of their games Games Workshop (GW) is a British game production and retailing company. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ... Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play. ... Warhammer Fantasy Battle 6th edition rulebook Warhammer Fantasy Battles (often abbreviated as Warhammer or WHFB) is a tabletop wargame created by Games Workshop and set in the Warhammer Fantasy setting. ... Cover of the Warhammer 40,000 4th edition rulebook This article is about the tabletop miniature wargame and the fictional universe in which it is set. ... The complete One Rulebook to Rule them All. The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (LoTR SBG), often referred to by players as Lord of the Rings, is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop, based on The Lord of the Rings films and novels. ...

Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone initially produced a magazine called "Owl and Weasel" which ran for approximately twenty-five issues before being re-vamped into "White Dwarf". Steve Jackson is a games reviewer and writer is one of the best known authors in the gaming industry. ... Ian Livingstone (born December 1949 in Prestbury, England) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. ...

First published in 1977 and focused on wargaming and role-playing, it received a strong boost when the first editions of the RPG Dungeons & Dragons, published in the UK by Games Workshop, referred to White Dwarf on its back page. This allowed people who had bought this game to order the magazine directly from Games Workshop, establishing its circulation. Wargaming is the play of simulated military operations in the form of games known as war games. ... For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ...

The magazine was hugely influential in the 1980s when it helped to popularise RPGs, including those American RPGs for which Games Workshop had the UK licence. In addition to this a generation of writers passed through its offices and onto other RPG projects in the next decade, such as Phil Masters and Marcus L. Rowland.

Today the magazine focuses exclusively on miniature wargames and thoroughly covers the models, miniatures and hobby stuff created by Games Workshop. It often includes articles on rules updates, scenarios, campaigns, hobby news, photos of recently released miniatures and tips on building terrain and constructing or converting miniatures. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Cover of White Dwarf issue 237, October 1999

Grombrindal the White Dwarf is also a special character for the Dwarf army, whose rules are published only in certain issues of White Dwarf (being revamped for the most recent edition of the rules). It is never stated who exactly the White Dwarf is, but it is implied that he is the spirit of Snorri Whitebeard, the last king of the Dwarfs to receive respect from an Elf. The image of the White Dwarf has graced the covers of many issues of the magazine, and is regularly featured in the interior artwork as well. The image was also used on the character sheet for the Dwarf character in Hero Quest. Cover art of White Dwarf magazine (UK) issue 237. ... The Dwarfs are a race in Warhammer Fantasy, very much akin to the portrayal of dwarves in many other fantasy worlds, such as Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons. ... A character sheet is a series of numbers, notes, and other details about a character in a role-playing game. ... HeroQuest, sometimes also written as Hero Quest, is a board game created by Milton Bradley in conjunction with Games Workshop and, set in the Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe. ...

White Dwarf today

Recently, White Dwarf published its 300th issue in the United Kingdom and North America. Each issue contained many special "freebies" as well as articles on the history of the magazine and the founding of Games Workshop.

The magazines content is divided between the three core games (Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings SBG), roughly equal amounts for the two Warhammers, and smaller amounts for Lord of the Rings SBG. Recent issues (April and May 2006) have seen a reduction in page count, and a decrease in the volume of written content in the magazine. Older issues of the magazine included features such as the satirical comic strip Thrud the Barbarian and Dave Langford's "Critical Mass" book review column, as well as the more rough and informal editorial style. For the tabletop games, see Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000. ... Cover of the Warhammer 40,000 4th edition rulebook This article is about the tabletop miniature wargame and the fictional universe in which it is set. ... The complete One Rulebook to Rule them All. The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (LoTR SBG), often referred to by players as Lord of the Rings, is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop, based on The Lord of the Rings films and novels. ... Thrud the Barbarian is a comic strip that was created by Carl Critchlow in 1981 and soon went from appearing in fanzines to becoming a highly popular feature in White Dwarf magazine in the latter half of the 1980s. ... David Langford David Langford (born April 10, 1953, in Newport, Monmouthshire) is a British science fiction author and critic. ...

Now that the extremely popular Battle Games in Middle Earth magazine has finished its series, two members of its team (Mark Latham and Glenn More) have joined the White Dwarf team. As articles in Battle Games in Middle Earth are very good quality, it is hoped that White Dwarf's future articles will be improved to an even higher standard, as Steve Hammatt (who is currently forum moderator for the Games Workshop forum) said: "Hopefully this will mean good things for future LOTR content in White Dwarf." [1]. Future developments are awaited with interest. Battle Games in Middle Earth Magazine (BGiME) is a fortnightly magazine published by DeAgostini in conjunction with British games manufacturer Games Workshop. ... Steve Hammatt is currently forum moderator for Games Workshops Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game forum. ... A forum moderator is someone granted special powers to enforce the rules of an Internet forum (Message board or Electronic mailing list)(or, as the case may be, their personal whim; the title refers to the powers more than the intent). ...

Spinoffs

There is also a biweekly online supplemental e-zine Black Gobbo that is produced by Games Workshop's US studio. It includes two regular columns, "Rules of Engagement" and "Ask the Scenery Guy," to help answer gamers' questions. Similar to its printed counterpart, it is devoted to the games and hobbies created by GW.

In the late 1980s, mail-order subscriber copies of White Dwarf also received a small companion magazine 'Black Sun', written, illustrated and produced by Tim Pollard (with occasional contributions from other GW authors such as Andy Chambers). It contained very informal 'inside' information from the Citadel Mail Order Department, news, game reviews, articles and competitions as well as a short lived cartoon serial. Some new rules for then current GW products also debuted in 'Black Sun'.

UK White Dwarf Editors

• Ian Livingstone: Issue 1 (June/July 1977) - (1986)
• Ian Marsh
• Paul Cockburn
• Mike Brunton
• Sean Masterson: Issues 94 (October 1987) - 107 (November 1988)
• Phil Gallagher: Issues 109 (January 1989; there is no Editor credited in issue 108) - 116 (August 1989)
• Simon Forrest: Issues 117 (September 1989) - 139 (July 1991)
• Robin Dews: Issues 140 (August 1991) - 189 (September 1995); third longest-serving Editor
• Jake Thornton: Issues 190 (October 1995) - 214 ("Orkvember": November 1997); the card section in the magazine comes and goes
• Paul Sawyer: Issues 215 (December 1997) - 301 (January 2005); occasionally called "Fat Bloke"
• Guy Haley: Issues 302 (February 2005) - 310 (October 2005)
• Owen Rees: Issue 311 (November 2005) - present

Ian Livingstone (born December 1949 in Prestbury, England) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. ...

Sources

White Dwarf 300 - The History of White Dwarf

See also

• Games Workshop
• Battle Games in Middle Earth

The style of the Games Workshop logo is copied in the titles of many of their games Games Workshop (GW) is a British game production and retailing company. ... Cover of Battle Games in Middle Earth Pack 78, January 2006 (UK). ...

External links

• UK White Dwarf official website
• White Dwarf Official Forum (now closed)
• Searchable US White Dwarf Index
• U.S. White Dwarf official website
• White Dwarf Index — a searchable database of the UK edition of White Dwarf magazine articles from April 1988 to December 2003